Prüglerszene - Interpretation and summary mathematics to the scene In the chapter" The Whipper "from the novel" The Trial "by Franz Kafka is primarily concerned with the issue "debt", as in the whole novel, the protagonist K. displaced his guilt or trying to pass it to others.
The chapter takes place in a lumber room in the bank, working in the K. from. There he meets late evening on the guards, which he then in his apartment arrested and whose actions he is also before the investigating judge in the "first study" omitted, and a Whipper, of punishing them for their abuse of office and is inflicting lashes. At that time, the guards demanded the laundry Ks, and its valuables and his breakfast. Both guards, Franz and Willem, slide the reason why they should be beaten to K.. This first attempt by the Whipper bribery to bring the punishment to prevent than to K. However, there is a risk that his servant, something of what's happening in the attic could, he slams the door, the guilt of the loud screaming pushing a dog in the yard. Only the next day he dares to return the door to the lumber-room open, where as before to have the same scene. Then he closes the door again and has his minions to clear out of the chamber.
The guilt, and especially the guilt play a big role in this chapter. Especially in the conversation between K. and the Guards is the reason why the action is taking place in the attic like discussed at the beginning. Franz and Willem believe that K. has the sole blame for their impending torture, because he "deplored" the had. While K. is of its position that they have not behaved "correctly", the guards have no guilt. They believe that their actions customary in the industry and that they need in their social situation on the additional income to survive. K. also wants to keep his conscience clear and justified reason ("I have not complained, I was just told"). Both guards try but einzupredigen K. guilt feelings by their good deeds ("[we] watched well") and denied their future ("we had come to view forward") report. K. however, are rather ignorant, as a child, and tries to play down the speedy punishment ("Can the rod in such pain?"), again to ease his conscience. It is revealed in the following lines of the novel, that K. can soften his stance, which is why he still tries to contact the beating.
The Whipper, however, has more of a sense of guilt, as was eg concentration camp guards in the Third Reich available. Instead of worrying about their own actions and the suffering that it causes other thoughts and to fight it, he sees only the task that was entrusted to him by his government. Rather than open his mouth, the Flogger is a minor, puts the blame on "the senior official" and lives for his job ("I am employed to beatings, so I'll beat." p.60), only feel guilt when they can not run properly.
All three parties put their blame on the "high officials" and "organization" rather than looking to the error in itself and it disposed of with the resources available to them.
is also striking that the two opportunists, the guards, thinking only of their own advantage. Not only that, they later try to agree often as possible K. ("so it is "Z.29 p.60), to become familiar with K. popular and escape their punishment, they also show that they have no mutual loyalty, in order thus to generate even greater importance in K. (" at least to me [...]. Willem is older than me, "Z.42f p.60).
However, what happens from about half of the chapter, particularly reflects the psyche of Ks. Inside K is weak. He does not consider it to bear on debt. As in the offices, where he suffered a dizzy spell, which was only passed after he had fled from the situation he finds it in the attic hard to bear the suffering and the cry of Franz.
K. exist at two worlds. On one side is his workplace, in which he holds "everything in great order" (p.82 Z.2f). Each of its activities are solid, planned rituals, such as his daily work until late in the evening, his weekly get-together, even his relationship with Elsa's more platonic nature. His world as an office, is peaceful, orderly and manageable. On the other hand, this new world for K.. It contains suffering, as the guard, abuse, such as the laundress, and chaos, as in the fully packed courtroom. K. does not like this big, vast world, which includes the legal world to heard, so he gets even fainting and often seems confused. In this chapter, threatens the two worlds collide, what will allow but not K.. For him it is important to note its true ideal world, than to hold further persuasion by the Flogger of his intention. For this reason, he slams the door, swarms from the servants and is afraid to go back again in this strange, brutal world and back, so he can shut the door wider.
his heart he feels guilty, the "torture" him, but rather than make the situation worse, he moves, as usual, the blame to others. As an example, he a conversation with Miss Grubach led and this meant that they are "tired" (p.24 Z.21) was, he pushed her to blame for this night conversation ("You came so late" (p.24 Z.22 )), instead of apologizing for the late night disturbance. It also expires at the end of page 61. Instead of blaming himself, he pushes all of Franz ("it was not his fault, [...] Franz had not screamed"). He admits his own cowardice not see but justifies his actions with relatively implausible statements ("at a crucial moment you have to control himself").
also the unchanged scene in the last paragraph of the chapter supports this theory. He left the pictures of the event "in mind" and K. feels scattered, tackle but instead of his problems at length, so that they are complete, he closes it behind a door and when he returns, they are still unresolved and unchanged "at present. K. himself trying to clear out the chamber that could also be his head, not himself - he got to fear from this responsibility, this chaos, the alien world in the grip and gives this load back to others, the servants, more (Clears yet finally "Z.18 p.63). The anger in his voice and his actions ("struck with fists," "confused threw some copies") shows that he would like to be master of the situation, as ordered in his office. His failure to get the problems under control is reflected in his emotions ("almost crying" Z.16 p.63).
I personally think that K. would like to control everything, even his guilt or his feelings. A quote on page 89 (Z.41ff) expresses very clearly the thinking of Ks and also my personal opinion about him, when really pathetic person, says: "Every thought of a possible guilt from the outset [deny]. [...] Not [play] with thoughts hold, but the thought of their own advantage. "
